Country profle
Population
30
4,470,700
Currency
Euro
GDP per capita in PPS (2009, EU27 = 100)
31
127
1 | Highlights
Beer market
2008
2009
2010
Total production (in hectolitres)
8,846,000
8,041,500
8,249,000
Total exports (in hectolitres)
4,525,000*
4,101,165*
4,289,480**
Total imports (in hectolitres)
872,000*
914,665
854,480**
Total consumption (in hectolitres)
5,193,000
4,855,000
4,814,000
Consumption of beer per capita (in litres)
99
91
90
Beer producing companies
(including micro brewing companies)
24
24
24
Beer producing companies
(excluding micro brewing companies)
2
2
2
Breweries (including micro-breweries)
26
26
26
Breweries (excluding micro-breweries)
5
5
5
Economic impact
2010
Compared to 2008
Total jobs due to beer
44,540 jobs
-15.1%
Total value added due to beer
365 million euro
-6.6%
Total government revenues due to beer
1,144 million euro
-22.9%
›
Source : Source : Irish Brewers Association (2011); *Canadean (2010)
** Estimates of Ernst and Young on bases of assumption of estimatied percentage of export by the Irish Brewers Association
30
Source : Irish Brewers Association
31
Source : Eurostat, 2011
21
131
Ireland